Economic stimulus package to be announced this month

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Economic stimulus package to be announced this month

By The Nation

 

Somkid Jatusripitak

 

A two-step economic stimulus will be announced this month to help all groups, the finance minister said on Monday (August 5).

 

The planned economic stimulus package will support all groups of people, address the impact from the drought, help low-income groups, startups, small businesses and people holding welfare cards, Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana said on Monday.

 

The plan is the outcome of discussions between Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, Uttama, top officials and executives of state-owned banks.

 

Uttama said the package would be implemented in two parts: part one will financed by the fiscal 2019 budget and part two will be financed under fiscal 2020.

 

Due to the delay in forming the new government, the fiscal 2020 bill is expected to become law in late January, with expenditure of Bt3.2 trillion.

 

The whole economic package would not cost much as the government will also use quasi-fiscal measures implemented by state-owned banks, he said.

The package is expected to be submitted to the Cabinet for approval this month, he said.

 

Thai governments usually direct state-run banks to provide cheap loans to targeted groups such as mortgage loans for low and middle-income groups by Government Housing Bank, cheap loans to farmers by the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, consumer loans to people by the Government Savings Bank, and loans to SMEs by the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30374276

 

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[RichardColeman]

Quick lads, let's spend all the money flowing into the country. We're the new Switzerland and they'll never want it back !

[Zeus12345]

Can someone explain "quasi fiscal measures "to me

[Libai]

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Can someone explain "quasi fiscal measures "to me

Quasi-fiscal activities are usually undertaken at a loss or below the usual rate of profit. Thus they could, in principle, be replaced by specific taxes, subsidies, or other direct expenditures that would have the same net effect on the price at which these services are offered but bring them onto the budget books.

Quasi-fiscal Activities - International Budget Partnership

 

https://www.internationalbudget.org/.../Looking-Beyond-the-Budget-3-Quasi-Fiscal-Acti...

[yellowboat]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

quasi-fiscal measures

It sounds like real silliness and a quasi stimulus.  If the government would just get out of everyones way, Thailand would be a better place.   As there are fewer expatriate workers, businesses are finding a Thailand that fancies military uniforms less attractive.  The sooner cha cha is sent back to barracks the better Thailand will be.    

[fullcave]

I want to be the one in charge of who gets the stimulus.????

[DrTuner]

Gentlemen and Generals, take your places at the trough, it's about to be filled up.

[brianthainess]

Giving money away is not very stimulating to me unless its for a well done service.